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Want more? The following sites have been hand-picked for your viewing pleasure. They are also handily split into sections, and the sites in each section are now alphabetically listed for your perusal.
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UK roads
Regional interest
Specialist interest
International
The British are not the only ones to show an interest in the road network - in fact we started later than most. There's far too many sites (especially the scores of North American ones) to list here, so this is just a small sampling.
AA Roads
A huge American roads site, featuring a very handy set of links to stacks of other American roads sites - see Andy's Kick-Off Page. Has its own collosal photo archive, roadtrip reports, and more.
Autobahn-online.de
A nicely presented and well written German site on the Autobahn network, incuding some great images of the roads from the 1940's and before. Much of the site is also available in English, though more information is available if you can understand the German.
Autoroutes.fr
The French government site explaining the Autoroute franchises and with a handy pricing page so you can have your Euros counted by the time you reach the toll booth. Includes an English version.
Autosnelwegen.nl
Rene Walhout's website on the motorways and roads of the Netherlands, with an outstanding collection of photographs and pieces on the history of one of Europe's oldest motorway networks.
BC Highways
Paul Keenleyside's website on British Columbia's roads doesn't just tell you about them, it lets you tour them in glorious technicolour. Good for escaping the madness of the rush hour.
Finnish Roads
Richard Bevan moved to Finland from the UK and got a bit of a shock. This page is an insight into just how little thought you can get away with putting into motorway design if the traffic counts are low.
Get Toronto Moving
Transport seems to be top of the political agenda in Canada. This pressure group exists to resurrect the cancelled highway and light rail plans that were proposed for Toronto in the sixties and seventies. A fascinating read.
Highway Strip Charts
Andy Tompkins is single-handedly charting the American Interstate system using the Motorway Database page and strip chart format from this site. It's very much an ongoing project (and will take him longer than it took me) but the results so far are well worth a look. It currently requires Internet Explorer running on Windows.
Kurumi
Amid the forest of American roads sites, Kurumi stands out in both humour and content - where else can you find a road-building Java game, or such a concise directory of 3-digit Interstates? There are several parts of CBRD which were inspired by Scott's work.
Panneaux de Signalisation Routiere
Dedicated to French road signs, with some great photos (including silly examples and sign sculpture) and art on the subject. A very enlightening visit if you think road signs only ever appear on a little pole by the side of the road.
SARA
A kind of SABRE for the French, though with a definite road building angle. Has four member sites, all very interesting, especially if you're able to read French!
SEQtion
Trent guides you around the roads of South-East Queensland, Australia. His site uncovers abandoned road plans and discusses the state of the roads today with photo galleries, tours and opinion pieces. Not lacking a sense of humour either!
Tréparoute
A French-language site detailing all those road schemes that were never built - complete with Paris's equivalent to the London Ringways.
